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BILLINGS, JOHN SHAW

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BILLINGS, JOHN SHAW
<b>548. JOHN SHAW BILLINGS </b>(1838 - 1919) Union colonel and physician, served at Chancellorsville, during the Wilderness Campaign and Petersburg, later planned and organized hospitals and libraries. T.L.S on letterhead of The New York Public Library, 1p. 4to., New York, Feb. 8, 1901, to H. Gunnison of The Brooklyn Eagle, in part: <i>"...I am having a list prepared of the principal wants in our files of Brooklyn public documents, which I should like to make more copies before printing the lists in the Bulletin of the Library...</i>". Mounted to a vintage album page, toning to edges, else very good. <b> $50-75</b>